Bible Verses About Watchfulness

Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.